Varian named one of most just companies in US

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For the third year in a row, Varian has been named one of America's Most JUST Companies in 2019, according to the JUST Capital and Forbes magazine JUST 100 List. Varian was ranked number three in the Healthcare Equipment and Services Industry and number 39 on this year's overall list for outperforming its peers in categories like fair pay, ethical leadership, good benefits and work-life balance, equal opportunity, customer treatment and privacy, community support, environmental impact, and delivering shareholder return.

The JUST Capital Rankings encompass the 1,000 largest publicly-traded companies in the US and are based on one of the most comprehensive surveys ever conducted on public attitudes toward corporate behavior, involving 9,000 American respondents in 2019 and more than 96,000 over the past six years.

"It is an honor to be named for the third time as one of the 100 Most JUST companies in the US," said Dow Wilson, president and chief executive officer, Varian. "Varian's vision is a world without fear of cancer, and this is what motivates our employees every day. I am very proud of the dedication and hard work of all the Varian employees who continuously strive to extend access to advanced care around the world, while at the same time making a positive impact in the communities and environments where we operate."

The JUST 100 and Industry Leader lists will be featured in the November issue of Forbes, with additional stories at www.forbes.com/just100 and a comprehensive interactive ranking and benchmarking platform at www.justcapital.com. As one of America's Most JUST Companies, Varian is also included in Goldman Sachs Asset Management's JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF (Ticker: JUST) – the first ever exchange-traded fund based on just business behavior, constructed from JUST Capital's rankings.

About the Methodology JUST Capital conducted its 2019 Survey, which included 9,000 respondents, in partnership with NORC at the University of Chicago and YouGov. The survey work consists of both qualitative focus groups and quantitative surveys, as described in the Rankings methodology. JUST Capital then tracks and evaluates corporate performance against the people's priorities across 380,000 data points and creates the ranking model that drives America's Most JUST Companies, including the JUST 100 and Industry Leader lists. The selection of companies draws from the Russell 1000 Index, which represents over 90 percent of the U.S. stock market value.